10 Acute Pancreatitis Symptoms
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
Symptom #9: Fever
Pancreatitis is a blanket term for inflammation of the pancreas. It can be caused by numerous factors, one of which is an infection. In such cases, it will usually be treated with antibiotics to help defeat the infection. Plus, of course, your own body will do what it can to fight off the infection.
The immune system has various methods of helping to deal with infections, one of which is a fever. This means raising the temperature of the body in order to try and make it too hot for pathogens to survive. While a fever is not necessarily dangerous in itself, it can be a sign of a serious problem and should also be monitored in case it reaches too high.
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